what is a constituency?
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- Constituency definition, a body of constituents; the voters or residents in a district represented by an elective officer. See more.
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Legislature Legislatures are made up of individual members, known as legislators, who vote on proposed laws. A legislature usually contains a fixed number of legislators; because legislatures usually meet in a specific room filled with seats for the legislators, this is often described as the number of seats it contains.
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- A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement.
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- United Kingdom constituencies. In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elect one member to a parliament or assembly, with the exception of European Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly constituencies which are multi member constituencies.
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body constituency - the body of voters who elect a representative for their area. body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; the whole body filed out of the auditorium; the student body; administrative body.
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- In multi-member district countries such as Israel, where the whole country is treated as a single constituency and representatives are selected by party-lists, the constituency link is lost altogether.
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legislature A legislature is the embodiment of the doctrine of popular sovereignty, which recognizes that the people are the source of all political power. Citizens choose by popular vote the legislators, or representatives, whom they want to serve them.
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Electoral district See also: List of electoral districts by nation. The names for electoral districts vary across countries and, occasionally, for the office being elected. The term constituency is commonly used to refer to an electoral district; it can also refer to the body of eligible voters within the represented area.
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caucus 1. a. A meeting of the local members of a political party especially to select delegates to a convention or register preferences for candidates running for office. b. A closed meeting of party members within a legislative body to decide on questions of policy or leadership.
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caucus cau•cus. 1. a. a meeting of the members of a political party to select candidates or convention delegates, determine policy, etc. b. a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process: the black caucus. 2. any group or meeting organized to further a special interest or cause.
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Suffrage Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). The right to run for office is sometimes called candidate eligibility, and the combination of both rights is sometimes called full suffrage.
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United Kingdom constituencies Assembly Constituency boundaries are identical to their House of Commons equivalents. The constituencies below are not used for the election of members to the 11 district councils.
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constituent constituent. adj (prenominal). 1. forming part of a whole; component. 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) having the power to frame a constitution or to constitute a government (esp in the phrases constituent assembly, constituent power). 3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) electing or having the power to elect.
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DOMINION congressional district - a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives. district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes.
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Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency) Hemel Hempstead (UK Parliament constituency) Hemel Hempstead is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Contents.
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- Question and answer. Which of the following is a term for a state statute authorizing boards of corporations to take into account all stakeholders and constituencies even when a change in control or breakup of the.. Corporate control B. Break-up C. Constituency D. Protection. C. [ Constituency is a term for a state statute authorizing boards of corporations to take into account all stakeholders and constituencies even when a change in control or breakup of the corporation has become inevitable.
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Legislature Internal organization. Each chamber of legislature consists of a number of legislators who use some form of parliamentary procedure to debate political issues and vote on proposed legislation. There must be a certain number of legislators present to carry out these activities; this is called a quorum.
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Definitions &Translations Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries. In 32 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to approval by the state governor.
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What is a constituency? A constituency is a part of the country that is represented by a Member of Parliament (MP). There are 650 constituencies across the UK. The people who live in a constituency are called constituents. In a general election, constituents vote for who they want their MP to be. Each political party can put forward a candidate to stand for election as an MP in a constituency.
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What Causes Black Lips and Treatment to Make Them Lighten Below are some facts that are connected to the condition of having black lips. 1  Black lips or having very dark colored lips is contributed by several factors and can be used as indicators for certain conditions that are happening inside the body.
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Defining Your Target Population Sometimes organizations aren't as successful as they could be because they restrict the definition of constituency to a group that is small and narrowly defined. On the other hand, an overly broad definition can cause an organization to lose focus.
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- Definition of constituent. 1  1 : one who authorizes another to act as agent : principal. 2  2 : a member of a constituency pledged to help her elderly constituents. 3  3 : an essential part : component, element The organic constituents of plants, animals, and microorganisms … — Harry S. Mosher et al.
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constituency The definition of a constituency is the body of people who are eligible to vote and elect a leader, or a group of supporters or potential supporters. The people in a given geographic area who elect a congressman are an example of a constituency. pl.
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Caucus A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement.The term originated in the United States, but has spread to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil and Nepal. As the use of the term has been expanded, the exact definition has come to vary among political cultures.he term caucus is frequently used to discuss the procedures used by some states to select presidential nominees such as the Iowa caucuses, the first of the modern presidential election cycle, and the Texas caucuses.
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constituent Definition of constituent. 1  1 : serving to form, compose, or make up a unit or whole : component constituent parts. 2  2 : having the power to create a government or frame or amend a constitution a constituent assembly.
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- constituency. 1  a body of constituents; the voters or residents in a district represented by an elective officer. 2  the district itself. 3  any body of supporters, customers, etc.; clientele.